Champagne producers

First taste: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne new releases

The new releases of Taittinger's prestige cuvée Comtes de Champagne, tasted and rated

Champagne Salon vertical: 1982 - 2008

Two 100-point wines tasted 1996 and 2008...

Champagne crusader Pierre Péters: producer profile

Champagne producer Pierre Péters in the spotlight

First taste: Louis Roederer Collection 242

Louis Roederer's brand new wine, Collection 242, introduced

30 top rosé Champagnes to sip this summer

30 top rosé Champagnes to drink this summer

First taste: Rare Champagne 2008

The new release of Rare Champagne, tasted and rated by Yohan Castaing

Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises: a rare prestige cuvée

A vertical tasting of six past vintages, plus the new 2008 release...

Champagne Bollinger: producer profile

Champagne Bollinger producer profile

First taste: Dom Pérignon new releases

New Dom Pérignon releases tasted including P2 2003, vintage 2012 and Rosé 2008

New release first taste: Bollinger PN VZ 16

Bollinger's new release PN VZ 16 tasted and rated

Champagne AR Lenoble: Producer profile

Introducing the Champagne house A R Lenoble, with wines to try

Champagne Philipponnat vertical: rare and recently-disgorged Clos des Goisses

First taste masterclass: Billecart-Salmon's Elisabeth Salmon Rosé 2008

A Decanter Virtual Masterclass with Billecart-Salmon rosé Champagne

First taste: Krug new releases

Krug new releases tasted and rated

Champagne De Venoge: producer profile

Guide to Pinot Meunier Champagne

Understanding Pinot Meunier Champagnes, and 20 recommended buys

First taste: Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2009

Simon Field MW tastes the newly released Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2009

First taste: Champagne Pol Roger, Sir Winston Churchill 2012

Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill: the new 2012 release reviewed

Moët Hennessy's latest rosé Champagne releases

Moët & Chandon's rosé Champagnes reviewed

First taste: Delamotte Blanc de Blancs 2012

Delamotte's new release vintage blanc de blancs tasted and rated

Philipponnat: Producer profile

The Philipponnat family is of German origin and its roots in the Champagne region date back to at least 1522.

Women of Champagne

Female chefs de cave and consultants are firmly in place at some of the most prestigious producers....

Producer Profile: Pol Roger, plus tasting the 2013 Brut Vintage

Read our profile on Champagne Pol Roger, a Champagne offering finesse elegance and distinction.

Producer profile: Champagne Jacquesson plus latest wines tasted

Recognised around the world for its stylish and decidedly distinctive Champagnes...

First taste: Krug’s 2006 releases

Yohan Castaing tastes the newly launched 2006 vintages of Kurg and Clos du Mesnil...

First taste: Les Rendez-Vous de Billecart-Salmon No.1

First taste of Billecart-Salmon's brand new cuvée

Leclerc Briant: the biodynamic house every Champagne lover should know

Yohan tastes the wines of biodynamic Champagne house Leclerc Briant

First taste: Ayala Brut No 7, 2007

The cuvée celebrates Ayala's 160th anniversary

First taste: Dom Pérignon 2010

Simon Field MW tastes the new release of LVMH's famed cuvée...

First taste: Bollinger PN VZ 15 - first new cuvée in over 10 years

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